The aims of the 1989-90 Beacon Studies programme were to examine exposures of mainly Victoria Group rocks in the Skelton Névé to Robinson Peak area. The programme had four main objectives:

i)	Facies, paleocurrent and thickness studies to constrain the regional tectonic development of the sedimentary basin.
ii)	Sampling for a carbon/sulphur geochemical profile of the Beacon in South Victoria Land.
iii)	Fades and paleocurrent analysis of Pivot Coal Measures and Weller Coal Measures for a comparative study.
iv)	Facies and paleocurrent analysis of Lashly A for a reinterpretation of the paleoenvironment.